50 major keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Word 2021
Basic Editing
1. Ctrl + N – New document
2. Ctrl + O – Open an existing document
3. Ctrl + S – Save document
4. Ctrl + P – Print document
5. Ctrl + C – Copy selected text or object
6. Ctrl + X – Cut selected text or object
7. Ctrl + V – Paste copied or cut text or object
8. Ctrl + Z – Undo the last action
9. Ctrl + Y – Redo the last undone action
10. Ctrl + A – Select all content in the document
Text Formatting
11. Ctrl + B – Bold selected text
12. Ctrl + I – Italicize selected text
13. Ctrl + U – Underline selected text
14. Ctrl + Shift + D – Double underline selected text
15. Ctrl + E – Center-align text
16. Ctrl + L – Left-align text
17. Ctrl + R – Right-align text
18. Ctrl + J – Justify text alignment
19. Ctrl + M – Indent the paragraph
20. Ctrl + Shift + M – Remove indent from paragraph
21. Ctrl + T – Create a hanging indent
22. Ctrl + Q – Remove paragraph formatting
Navigation
23. Ctrl + Left Arrow – Move cursor one word left
24. Ctrl + Right Arrow – Move cursor one word right
25. Ctrl + Up Arrow – Move cursor up one paragraph
26. Ctrl + Down Arrow – Move cursor down one paragraph
27. Ctrl + Home – Move cursor to the beginning of the document
28. Ctrl + End – Move cursor to the end of the document
29. Page Up – Scroll up one page
30. Page Down – Scroll down one page
31. Ctrl + F – Open the "Find" dialog box
32. Ctrl + H – Open the "Find and Replace" dialog box
33. Ctrl + G – Go to a specific location in the document
Working with Text
34. Ctrl + Shift + > – Increase font size
35. Ctrl + Shift + < – Decrease font size
36. Ctrl + Spacebar – Remove character formatting (returns to default font)
37. Ctrl + Shift + L – Apply a bullet list to the selected text
38. Ctrl + 1 – Apply single-line spacing to the paragraph
39. Ctrl + 2 – Apply double-line spacing to the paragraph
40. Ctrl + 5 – Apply 1.5-line spacing to the paragraph
41. Ctrl + Shift + N – Apply the Normal style to the selected text
Insertions
42. Ctrl + K – Insert hyperlink
43. Ctrl + Shift + A – Change text to uppercase
44. Ctrl + Shift + K – Change text to lowercase
45. Ctrl + Shift + C – Copy formatting (Format Painter)
46. Ctrl + Shift + V – Paste formatting (Format Painter)
47. Ctrl + Shift + F – Open the font dialog box
48. Ctrl + Shift + P – Open the font size dialog box
49. Alt + Shift + D – Insert the current date
50. Alt + Shift + T – Insert the current time